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Club President’s Review of 2023-24

This is a review of the performances and major events that affected our club in the past 12 months, starting in December 2023, just after last year’s AGM. Driven by the great efforts from our athletes, our Coaches and our Committee, East Kilbride AC has had a fantastic year, and this review hopefully reflects that.…

Scotland vests for Kelly Baillie, Andrew Forteath & Grant Baillie

Kelly Baillie and Andrew Forteath have been called up to represent Scotland at the upcoming British and Irish Masters XC Championships in Belfast! We think Kelly’s call-up makes her the first female Masters athlete from the club to represent Scotland—an incredible achievement and a true inspiration to the club’s next generation! Andrew’s pick comes on…

2024 Club Track & Field Championships

Saturday 14th of September saw the club hold its annual track & field championships. The day was a great success with some great performances and lots of PB’s The medal winners of the different age categories were: U11 Girls: Gold – Evie Fraser, Silver – Neve Lindsay, Tied Bronze – Sophie Hendry & Orla Gallagher…

West District Cross Country Relay Championships, Kilmarnock Saturday 5th October

The club was represented at the Scottish West District Cross Country Relay Championships at Kilmarnock on Saturday 5th of October.First up were the junior females, 2 teams were fielded with Team A: Nina Clark U13, Skye Christie U15 and Matilda Frew U17. Team B were Jessica Caskie U13, Elspeth Thorpe U15 and Eva Morrison U17.…

Gold! Grant Baillie wins World Masters steeplechase

EKAC’s Grant Baillie won a brilliant M45 (males 45-49) gold in the 3000m steeplechase in Gothenburg, Sweden, earlier this month, clinching victory with a dramatic sprint off the final barrier. On his return to the club, the Senior squad presented Grant with a T-shirt bearing his winning time and a post-race picture of him draped…

Gold for Grant Baillie at SA Masters Cross Country

Congratulations to Grant Baillie on becoming 2024 Scottish Athletics Masters XC Champion over a challenging course in Forres. Grant showed a muddy pair of heels to top athletes from the M40 category in taking the overall title, and in doing so also won the M45 category. Completing a family double, Kelly Baillie (centre) also had…

Whether running, jumping or throwing, East Kilbride Athletic Club is for you.

We are based in the Athletics Hub at the John Wright Sports Centre, minutes from East Kilbride town centre. The Hub overlooks the Centre’s recently-resurfaced 400m running track.

Laura Muir visiting EKAC, 2019

A charity, our aim is to bring out the best in our athletes, whether juniors (9+), seniors or masters and whether they are striving for a national vest, starting out or aiming to set new personal bests as part of their athletics journey.

While running is the most visible part of what we do – you may have seen our yellow-and-black vests zipping by you – we are also heavily involved in field events including high jump, long jump, discus, javelin and shot put.

On the running side, we cover sprinting (including sprint hurdles), middle distance, road, trail and cross country. Some events are individual, others involve teams.

We cater for ages 9 upwards and have internationalists, national and district champions amongst our many members, with strength in depth in our female and male junior, senior and master categories.

See here for how to join.

GB distance runners Callum & Derek Hawkins visiting EKAC

How the club is run

EKAC has served Scotland’s 6th-largest settlement since 1959.

We are a SCIO – a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation – regulated by OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator). We are governed by a board of trustees who operate under our constitution. Most of our normal business is managed by a committee that meets each month.

We are affiliated to Scottish Athletics (SA). All of our club members are, separately, also members of Scottish Athletics. An SA membership number is required in order to enter almost all of the athletics events in which the club participates.

All of our coaches are part of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme and we have an appointed Child Protection Officer.